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I worked for HP for 7 years as a bench tech. And...the ineptitude of the leadership is absolutely mind boggling. Hewlett and Packard were geniuses, and innovated many business practices that are still used today...but the CEO's after them were pretty much clueless and have run what was once a GREAT company into the ground.

"What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer

"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen

I worked for HP for 7 years as a bench tech. And...the ineptitude of the leadership is absolutely mind boggling. Hewlett and Packard were geniuses, and innovated many business practices that are still used today...but the CEO's after them were pretty much clueless and have run what was once a GREAT company into the ground.

I was kinda checking out the HP story on the web, and there are a couple (mostly Reddit) articles claiming that "failure dates" are programmed into the firmware of the printers upon manufacture - others claim that the "failure date" is introduced when firmware is updated --- I kinda doubt that because I suspect most people never update the firmware on their printers or routers.

And, yeah, years ago, I used to use HP switches and servers - but pretty much abandoned that due to tech support issues.

1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

By the way, our Church switched to the Epson Workforce 7720, which does the "all-in-one" thing, as WELL as the ability to print 11x17!

The paper trays are a little awkward to fill, and the printer itself is a bit big and bulky and heavy for a desktop, but all in all, it was reasonably priced and has been doing a great job since late last summer.

1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

I have a Brother MFC-9130CW Color laser all-in-one. I love the thing. it was only $300 too. I have it at work.

At home I have an HP-CP1525CW color laser printer. Been using the toner cartridges that came with it for nearly 3 years now and it is just now complaining that I need to replace the black. I don't do much printing at home though.